“Someday someone will write a dark history — a farce, really — of how he managed to bring nearly all of the Republican Party to heel, compelling legislator upon legislator to lash themselves to his no-new-taxes pledge. Until then we’ll have to content ourselves with his misfortune over the last few days. No sooner had a nation digested its turkey than his goose began to be cooked. The spreading rebellion in the Republican ranks was manifest on the post-Thanksgiving Sunday talk shows.”

Durbin: Untouched, unchanged, Medicare runs out of money in twelve years – twelve years! Many of us plan to be around in twelve years and our children need to be covered when they’re eligible as well - We’ve got to look to savings in Medicare that preserve the basic program but reduce the cost in the program.